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out of america. haitians rely on relatives abroad for financial help, making remittances the country's single largest source of income. but now, when those dollars wired from worried family are most critical, people cant get their money. the cash transfer businesses were destroyed along with everything else pierre marie orlean had been in line since 5:00 a.m., waiting to get a transfer. >> ( translated ): we don't have anything since the earthquake. our house fell down. we don't have any food, we don't have anything. >> suarez: with so many jobs simply gone and sources of cash blocked, countless haitians are forced to rely on each other, as they do in the tent cities that have sprouted up around port-au- prince; and on foreign aid. when rumors spread through a crowd waiting outside factory gates for work that aid was being given out a nearby warehouse, hundreds rushed the truck and the gates to see if they could get any. >> the rest rush forward looking for an equal or a better haul but the gates clo
out of america. haitians rely on relatives abroad for financial help, making remittances the country's single largest source of income. but now, when those dollars wired from worried family are most critical, people cant get their money. the cash transfer businesses were destroyed along with everything else pierre marie orlean had been in line since 5:00 a.m., waiting to get a transfer. >> ( translated ): we don't have anything since the earthquake. our house fell down. we don't have any...
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that's not the motive of the criminal justice system generally in america. it's to prosecute criminals. >> sreenivasan: f.b.i. director robert mueller said the decision to arrest the nigerian suspect was the right move. he said the f.b.i. needed to know immediately if other threats were out there. president obama's nominee to lead the transportation security administration has withdrawn. erroll southers is a top official with the los angeles police department. but he said today opponents had politicized his career. republican senator jim demint had blocked action on southers over concerns he would grant collective bargaining rights to t.s.a. employees. the suspect in a mass killing in virginia turned himself in early today, after an all-night manhunt. christopher speight allegedly gunned down eight people on tuesday, then fired at a police helicopter as he ran into the woods to hide. the scene unfolded just outside appomattox, virginia. police found three bodies inside spite's home, and four outside. an eighth victim was found barely alive near the house, bu
that's not the motive of the criminal justice system generally in america. it's to prosecute criminals. >> sreenivasan: f.b.i. director robert mueller said the decision to arrest the nigerian suspect was the right move. he said the f.b.i. needed to know immediately if other threats were out there. president obama's nominee to lead the transportation security administration has withdrawn. erroll southers is a top official with the los angeles police department. but he said today opponents...
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bank of america. pacific life. >> and by bnsf railway. grant thornton and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
bank of america. pacific life. >> and by bnsf railway. grant thornton and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer...
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right now, families across america around the kitchen table worried about prospects about employment, the future for their kids. we want to hear some solutions that are akin to what we've been working on for the last 12 months. >> reporter: the president will address the nation this evening at 9:00 pm eastern time. >> lehrer: and to shields and welcome, mr. axelrod. >> thanks, gwen. good to be with you. >> ifill: we've heard so many times the next speech the president is going to give, whatever it is, is the speech of a lifetime. what makes tonight different? >> well, you know, that is what washington does every speech. it becomes a speech of the lifetime. no doubt it's an important speech and it's an important speech because americans have been through a very difficult time and they're looking for a sense of what the future will hold. the president is going to talk about where we've been and where we're going and how we create jobs in this country that pay well, see wages grow, and secure the middle class again after this very difficult period we've been through. >> ifill: the presid
right now, families across america around the kitchen table worried about prospects about employment, the future for their kids. we want to hear some solutions that are akin to what we've been working on for the last 12 months. >> reporter: the president will address the nation this evening at 9:00 pm eastern time. >> lehrer: and to shields and welcome, mr. axelrod. >> thanks, gwen. good to be with you. >> ifill: we've heard so many times the next speech the president is...
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major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: pacific life bank of america >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. toyota. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the exodus from haiti's shattered capital kept building today. aid officials reported 200,000 haitians have fled port-au- prince. the government talked of setting up vast new tent cities. and an 84-year-old woman was pulled alive from the rubble, after ten days. margaret warner talked earlier today with jay newton small of "time" magazine from port-au- prince. >> warner: jay newton small, thank you for joining us. we are hearing reports of tens of thousands, in fact hundreds of thousands of haitians fleeing the city. what have you seen? >> i have certainly seen that. the p
major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: pacific life bank of america >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. toyota. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like...
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across america. i think that if you implemented this kind of tax if it was large, people would think that was right. i think that americans would feel that made sense. i don't think it would make the anger go away. >> woodruff:. >> i think what we have to keep in mind is politics is driving this as much as anything else for exactly the point that felix made. there's a lot of anger out there. the polling numbers for the president are down. democrats are concerned about losing seats in congress. i have to think that politics are driving much of this rather than sound economics. >> woodruff: felix salmon, the point that bert ely made a moment ago about unintended consequences that if some kind of tax or fee is slapped on these banks they're inevitably i believe he said going to pass this on to their customers, to people they do business with. >> well, it depends how the bank is structured really. if the tax is structured as a windfall tax on the massive profits they made in 2009, if it's a tax on how bi
across america. i think that if you implemented this kind of tax if it was large, people would think that was right. i think that americans would feel that made sense. i don't think it would make the anger go away. >> woodruff:. >> i think what we have to keep in mind is politics is driving this as much as anything else for exactly the point that felix made. there's a lot of anger out there. the polling numbers for the president are down. democrats are concerned about losing seats...